Where: Carbon County, Wyoming (41.8° N, 106.6° W: paleocoordinates 48.8° N, 82.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Ferris Formation, Lancian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• basal part of formation, "conglomeratic zone"
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the USGS
Primary reference: C. F. Bowen. 1918. Stratigraphy of the Hanna Basin, Wyoming. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 108-L:227-235 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 165878: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 30.01.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Testudinata indet. Oppel 1811 turtle | |
Ceratopsia indet. ceratopsian | |
Triceratops sp. Marsh 1889 ceratopsid |